DESIGNING PATTERNS & DECORATING PASTE PAPERS I FELL IN LOVE WITH CREATING PATTERNS AND PASTE PAPERS USED IN BOOKBINDING WHILE STUDYING THE ART OF DECORATIVE PASTE PAPERS IN THE MID 1980'S. I BEGAN DESIGNING PATTERNS AFTER STUDYING THE CRAFT OF BOOKBINDING.
MY DECORATIVE PATTERNS ARE FEATURED IN THE CHAPTER ON "PASTE PAPER" IN THE BOOK "CREATIVE PAPER ART" BY NANCY WELCH, STERLING PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., 1999. MY JOURNAL WITH TIES (DESIGN 51) AND KEEPSAKE BOOK WITH INLAID LEAF ARE DISPLAYED IN THE "BLANK BOOKS" GALLERY SECTION OF THE BOOK "MAKING JOURNALS BY HAND" BY JASON THOMPSON, ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 2000. SELF PUBLISHED LIMITED EDITION BOOKS “PASTE PAPER PATTERNS”, VOLS. I & II & III & IV & V & VI ( PASTE PAPER PATTERNS BOOKS) HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL BOOK COLLECTORS. ARTIST BOOK “YEAR 2000 MASS MEDIA MANIA”, 1999 IS INCLUDED IN “500 HANDMADE BOOKS: INSPIRING INTERPRETATIONS OF A TIMELESS FORM (500 SERIES) BY LARK BOOKS (PAPERBACK 2008) .
BOOKBINDING I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED WORKING WITH MY HANDS, FROM WORKING ON FACTORY PRODUCTION LINES TO CREATING PIECES OF ARTWORK IN MINNESOTA, WHERE I GREW UP ON A FAMILY DAIRY FARM. IN 1980 I MOVED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND WORKED FOR A SMALL FAMILY BINDERY WHERE MY INTEREST IN BOOKBINDING AND THE BOOK ARTS FIRST DEVELOPED. IN 1982, I WAS HIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY BINDERY AND PROCEEDED INTO THE BOOK AND PAPER PRESERVATION FIELD WHILE DOING CUSTOM BOOKBINDING, MAKING DECORATIVE PAPERS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR MY “PAPER ARTS” BUSINESS. I TRAINED AT SEVERAL BINDERIES, COMPLETED WORKSHOPS AND STUDIED UNDER ANNE KAHLE IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA AT THE CAPRICORNUS SCHOOL OF BOOKBINDING. MY BOOKS AND PATTERN DESIGNS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
PAPER ARTS” AND “MARIE KELZER DESIGNS” I STARTED “PAPER ARTS” IN 1988. I DEVELOP, MARKET, EXHIBIT AND SELL A LINE OF PAPER PRODUCTS TO RETAIL OUTLETS, GALLERIES, CATALOG SALES AND CRAFT AND TRADE SHOWS. I HAND MAKE JOURNALS, NOTEBOOKS, SKETCHBOOKS, PHOTO ALBUMS, ARTISTS’ BOOKS, OTHER PAPER PRODUCTS, PAINTED PLACEMATS AND FLOORCLOTHS. IN 2004, UNDER “MARIE KELZER DESIGNS”, I BEGAN LICENSING AND CREATING AND SELLING FRAMED ARTWORKS.
LICENSING I LICENSE MY PASTE PAPER DESIGNS TO FABRIC, CARPET AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS OF PRODUCTS TO BE EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE PRESERVATION OF BOOKS AND PAPERI REPAIRED TATTERED AND TORN BOOKS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT UNTIL 1995. FROM 1995-2004 I MANAGED THE PRESERVATION STAFF AT THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY ENSURING THAT THE PUBLIC CONTINUED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PRINTED WORD AND RARE WORKS ON PAPER.
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